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From biomass to renewable bioproducts

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About the research

Ever heard of pyrolysis? Then chances are you have a self-cleaning oven (lucky you). But pyrolysis, a way to "burn" things without using oxygen, is more than a fancy trick that allows modern ovens to clean themselves. Willem Vercruysse (Universiteit Hasselt) uses this method to make fertilizers and water treatment products out of microalgae and ivy.

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Willem Vercruysse

UHasselt

Willem Vercruysse is a PhD student at Hasselt University where he is working on a technology to convert biomass into new environmentally friendly bio-products. With his many years of commitment to the youth movement, he feels a great responsibility to help find solutions to the problems the world is facing. Through his PhD, he hopes to improve the knowledge needed to solve various environmental challenges.

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